Advent Calendar 1 - Robbie Tucker: 'Donder's Last Flight'
Robbie Tucker presents 'Donder's Last Flight' from his "first and only Christmas album", 'Peppermints'.
#34 - Nina Grigorjeva, multi-instrumentalist, singer-songwriter
Russian/Swedish musician Nina Grigorjeva has been through a fascinating journey of various instruments and genres. A very small selection of her many different projects are represented in this episode.
#33 - Caspar Swahn, singer, songwriter, slide-guitarist
Swedish musician Caspar Swahn, is following his dreams which are taking him to India, the forest, and the Swedish desert. The music featured in this episode is by Jordero, Mollycoddle and Desert Blues Suédois.
#32 - Kaveh Vares, composer, pianist, artistic director
Iranian composer Kaveh Vares has found a home for himself in The Netherlands. In this episode he shares his words and music with us.
#31 - Hanna Olsson, singer, frontwoman, video editor
Hanna Olsson is a Swedish musician and frontwoman in the metal band 'Nocean'. They are releasing their new album just before Halloween, and this episode features some audio excerpts from their latest singles.
#30 - Robbie Tucker, singer, songwriter, bass-player
Canadian musician Robbie Tucker, released his seventh album last summer, titled 'Blue Candy'. In this episode he talks about the making of the album, how he incorporated elements of his childhood into the lyric videos, and the challenges of Parkinson's disease.
#29 - Liepa Kazlauskaitė, musician, biologist, kanklės-player
Lithuanian musician Liepa Kazlauskaitė, while studying computational biology, is making beautiful music influenced by folk music and Jungian philosophy.
#28 - Anne Veinberg, pianist, genre-bending tech enthusiast
Pianist Anne Veinberg, based in the Netherlands, is exploring all kinds of various acoustic and digital and microtonal pianos, as well as in combination with live coding and Augmented Reality. Some excerpts from her performances are featured in this episode.
#27 - Stefan Bäcklund, singer, songwriter, soul-searcher
Swedish artist Stefan Bäcklund, joined me one early autumn evening to talk about where he is at in his musical journey. Some of his songs are featured in this episode.
#26 - Leah Tagami Meredith, violinist, orchestral musician, audition expert
Violinist Leah Meredith Andonov has been working full-time for the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra for several years, and I seized the opportunity to give her all my orchestra-related questions...
#25 -Gayle Skidmore, singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist
Gayle Skidmore has been writing songs all her life, and naturally she feels at home in this freelance musician world that I'm starting to explore myself. Two of her songs are featured in this episode.
#24 - Aron Dahl, composer, improviser, explorer
Norwegian musician and composer, Aron Dahl, is talking to us from Los Angeles where he's currently studying composition and film-making. The music in the episode are Aron's compositions, which includes parts of his saxophone concerto, and songs from his album 'Loosening Orion's Belt' from 2018.
#23 - Topic: Menstruation, with Astrid and Hanna from Goodnight Greatness
Here is an episode about menstruation from the perspective of being a musician. I talk with Astrid Larsson and Hanna Åkerström from the Stockholm-based band called Goodnight Greatness, who earlier this year released a song called 'Six Days'.
#22 - Callum Plowright, songwriter, singer, guitarist
British musician Callum Plowright, is the singer-songwriter for a band I used to play with called 'Oh Howl'. Together with violinist Raphaela Cornut we played many gigs in Manchester, and we recorded a cd. The six songs on the cd are featured in this episode.
#21 - Anthony Leigh Dunstan, composer, writer, voice actor
Anthony Leigh Dunstan is an Australian/Dutch composer, writer and voice actor based in The Netherlands. We get to take part in the story of his journey as a musician, and we also get to hear several excerpts from his compositions.
#20 - Panda Zooicide, live-coding, rap, pizza
Amsterdam-based live-coding rap group Panda Zooicide (see their website for full description), took the time to answer my questions about influences, aesthetics, and being a parent as a touring musician. The music in this episode can be listened to further on Soundcloud, among other platforms. But if you can, make sure to see them live.
#19 - Sarah Jeffery, recorder player, YouTuber, SuperWoman
Sarah Jeffery is a British musician, recorder-player, youtuber and educator, who lives in the Netherlands. And she loves doing her taxes. The music in this episode is from her album from 2018, called 'Constellations - Minimal Music for Recorders'.
#18 - Kim Gajraj, voice explorer and activator, songwriter, space-holder
British musician Kim Gajraj, based in Stockholm, holds workshops on using ones voice. She shares her unique story with us, -as well as a vocal improvisation and a practically business-oriented new song!
#17 - Alexander Rider, harpist, researcher, freelancer
British harpist Alexander Rider, generously shares his journey as a musician and freelancer with us, as well as some live performances of French repertoire.
#16 - Burak Mungan, singer, guitarist, space-holder
Turkish musician Burak Mungan talks about kirtan, medicine songs, collective music-making, yoga, and Turkish psychedelic folk from the 70's. The music in this episode gives a small impression of how a kirtan gathering can sound like, through private recordings used with permission from Burak.